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title: Utility functions for Orama
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Orama exposes a few utility functions that can be useful when working with the search results.

## `getByID`

`getByID` is a function that allows you to retrieve a document from a Orama database by its ID.

```javascript copy
import { getByID } from "@orama/orama";

const thePrestige = await getByID(movieDB, "tt0482571");

// Returns the original, full document
```

## `count`

`count` is a function that allows you to retrieve the number of documents in a Orama database.

```javascript copy
import { count } from "@orama/orama";

const docNumber = await count(movieDB);

// Returns the number of documents in the database
```
